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    20 VC: Morten Lund on Skype, Bankruptcy, Fintech and Why "Banks Are Full Of Lots Of Stupid People Doing Nothing"

    20 VC: Morten Lund on Skype, Bankruptcy, Fintech and Why "Banks Are Full Of Lots Of Stupid People Doing Nothing"

    FromThe Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch

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    20 VC: Morten Lund on Skype, Bankruptcy, Fintech and Why "Banks Are Full Of Lots Of Stupid People Doing Nothing"

    FromThe Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch

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    Length:
    24 minutes
    Released:
    Jan 4, 2016
    Format:
    Podcast episode

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    Morten Lund, best know for his seed investment in Skype, he has also founded and co-invested in more than 100 startups including the likes of Airhelp who you might recognize as we interviewed their CEO Nicolas Michaelsen in episode check 32, as well as Bullguard, Maxthon and many more. In today’s incredible interview we talk about the story behind his skype investment, how he went from $150m to bankruptcy moving to the present both with his work with Coders Trust helping coders in developing countries to improve their lives to his rocketship journey with one of the world’s most exciting fintech companies in Tradeshift, who have raised a total of over $200m. If you love today's episode, simply click here and share the love!

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    In Today's Episode You Will Learn:

    1.) How Morten got into the technology industry and the world of investing?
    2.) How did Morten's investment in Skype come about? How did Morten deal with the bankruptcy and how it changed him as a person?
    3.) How does Morten view the current state of European fintech? Where are the significant market opportunities that are yet to be exploited?
    4.) Following Morten bankruptcy, he only works with "really cool people". So what makes Morten like someone and believe in them?
    5.) How did TradeShift come about from Morten's basement? What was the a-ha moment? What has driven the immense success with over $200m invested? What is the future for the company and the future of money?
    6.) Looking forward, what is Morten's main goal and aspiration and how does he plan on attaining it?

    Items Mentioned In Today's Episode:
    Morten's Fave Book: Shantaram
    Morten's Fave Blog or Newsletter: The Economist
    Morten's Most Recent Investment: Hippocorn
     
    As always you can follow The Twenty Minute VC, Harry and Morten on Twitter here!
    If you would like to see a more colourful side to Harry with many a mojito session, you can follow him on Instagram here!
    Released:
    Jan 4, 2016
    Format:
    Podcast episode

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    The Twenty Minute VC takes you inside the world of Venture Capital, Startup Funding and The Pitch. Join our host, Harry Stebbings and discover how you can attain funding for your business by listening to what the most prominent investors are directly looking for in startups, providing easily actionable tips and tricks that can be put in place to increase your chances of getting funded. Although, you may not want to raise funding for a startup. The Twenty Minute VC also provides an instructional guide as to what it takes to get employed in the Venture Capital industry, with VCs giving specific advice on how to get noticed from the crowd and increasing your chances of employment. If that wasn't enough our amazing Venture Capitalists also provide their analysis of the current technology market, providing advice and suggestions on the latest investing trends and predictions. Join us so you can see how you can get BIG, powerful improvements, fast. Would you like to see more of The Twenty Minute VC, head on over to www.thetwentyminutevc.com for more information on the podcast, show notes, resources and a more detailed analysis of the technology and Venture Capital industry.